"fabricated" meaning in English

See fabricated in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fabricated (not comparable)
  1. Constructed or assembled. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-fabricated-en-adj-Ge~qRD70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 16 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 13 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 71 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 75 14 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 82 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 64 24 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 82 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 71 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 71 15 13
  2. False in the sense of made-up, constructed. Tags: not-comparable Translations (false): مُفْتَرًى (muftaran) (Arabic), مَكْذُوب (makḏūb) (Arabic), مَوْضُوع (mawḍūʕ) (Arabic), 虛構的 /虚构的 (xūgòu de) (Chinese Mandarin), 虛假的 /虚假的 (xūjiǎ de) (Chinese Mandarin), verzonnen (Dutch), tekaistu (Finnish), keksitty (Finnish), frei erfunden (German), erfunden (German), കെട്ടിച്ചമച്ച (keṭṭiccamacca) (Malayalam), сфабрико́ванный (sfabrikóvannyj) [masculine] (Russian), фальши́вый (falʹšívyj) [masculine] (Russian), inventado (Spanish), forjado (Spanish), falso (Spanish), ficticio (Spanish), artificioso (Spanish), sintético (Spanish), uydurma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fabricated-en-adj-wk-3C3ZH Disambiguation of 'false': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nanofabricated, nonfabricated, prefabricated, unfabricated Translations (constructed): 製造的 /制造的 (zhìzào de) (Chinese Mandarin), gefabriceerd (Dutch), koottu (Finnish), rakennettu (Finnish), valmistettu (Finnish), कल्पित (kalpita) (Sanskrit), fabricado [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'constructed': 55 45

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fabricated
  1. simple past and past participle of fabricate Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: fabricate
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "sintético"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "uydurma"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fabricated"
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "fabricated",
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